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YALL.

One of the all-time best shows to ever exist has gotten a reboot that is out now with 2 new, VERY well written characters and 4 out of 5 of the fantastic original cast! You can watch it for free with ads on IMDB tv/Amazon Prime Video and we NEED to not only watch it and tell our friends to watch it, we need to be as vocal as we possibly can be about how we feel about it, because I have waited for literal YEARS for something like this to happen and I’ll be damned if I let another extremely well made show slip away because of insufficient ratings

Reboots are hard to pull off, and if you want to pull one off it needs to be done just right; it can’t be too similar, it can’t be too different, and if you have characters continuing over from the original it’s extremely easy to screw up writing them in a way that satisfies the audience but doesn’t seem hollow or 2-dimensional either, whereas new characters are bound to come underneath so much scrutiny it can be guaranteed to be met with mixed or negative feedback unless it’s done exactly right. So while preparing myself to give Leverage: Redemption a try, I was already pretty skeptical and anticipating at least mild disappointment.

I was very wrong.

Like always, the show is hilarious, serious, emotional & brilliant, the cast has the same chemistry with each other that we all loved, and they still give you the same mixed feeling of hope and satisfaction when you see someone awful get what they deserve, even if it is technically fictional when said justice is served—but not only do we get all the things we already loved about the show, we get them with two fresh, complex, and 3 dimensional faces that have their own unique backstories, and we get it in a way that helped transition the show to today’s relative day and age that keeps up very well with how the times have changed in our real world since the last season

Look.

Netflix just cancelled another amazing show that really fucking didn’t deserve the axe—and the announcement dropped hours before I finished the final episode and decided to look it up; I’m pretty devastated that I finally found a fresh piece of science fiction that I actually thought was good and it got ripped right out from under us all, so please help us out and sign this petition, because even if it doesn’t save the show Netflix needs to know it’s not going quietly

Do you want a show where people take down racists, neonazis, homophobes, dirty corporate CEOs, etc?

You want a show that promotes representation and diversity?

How about a show with no shyness about showing beautiful and loving and wholesome LGBTQA+ relationships?

A show that’s funny and can give you a small sliver of hope in these dark dark times?

GO WATCH LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION

Guys it’s amazing, and so wonderfully written and the way they modernized the show to keep up with the times is done fantastically

Also side note for anyone who watches the original: the Parker/Eliot/Hardison OT3 remains strong I tell you, very strong

YALL.

One of the all-time best shows to ever exist has gotten a reboot that is out now with 2 new, VERY well written characters and 4 out of 5 of the fantastic original cast! You can watch it for free with ads on IMDB tv/Amazon Prime Video and we NEED to not only watch it and tell our friends to watch it, we need to be as vocal as we possibly can be about how we feel about it, because I have waited for literal YEARS for something like this to happen and I’ll be damned if I let another extremely well made show slip away because of insufficient ratings

Reboots are hard to pull off, and if you want to pull one off it needs to be done just right; it can’t be too similar, it can’t be too different, and if you have characters continuing over from the original it’s extremely easy to screw up writing them in a way that satisfies the audience but doesn’t seem hollow or 2-dimensional either, whereas new characters are bound to come underneath so much scrutiny it can be guaranteed to be met with mixed or negative feedback unless it’s done exactly right. So while preparing myself to give Leverage: Redemption a try, I was already pretty skeptical and anticipating at least mild disappointment.

I was very wrong.

Like always, the show is hilarious, serious, emotional & brilliant, the cast has the same chemistry with each other that we all loved, and they still give you the same mixed feeling of hope and satisfaction when you see someone awful get what they deserve, even if it is technically fictional when said justice is served—but not only do we get all the things we already loved about the show, we get them with two fresh, complex, and 3 dimensional faces that have their own unique backstories, and we get it in a way that helped transition the show to today’s relative day and age that keeps up very well with how the times have changed in our real world since the last season

Look.